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Sumner Kimball led the USLSS up through 1915 when it merged with the US Revenue Cutter Service to become the US Coast Guard . Under his leadership , the USLSS became an extremely efficient organization and one only has to review the statistics presented in the Service ’ s Annual Reports to the value of lives and property saved and assisted . Other than just the name and uniform style change , the USCG Small boat stations continued to follow a number of processes and procedures established under Kimball to well into the 1930 ’ s .
Sumner I . Kimball , General Superintendent of the USLSS
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